NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1973 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 1466

HOUSE BILL 1578

 

 

AN ACT TO APPROPRIATE FUNDS FOR THE USE OF THE NORTH CAROLINA ALCOHOLISM RESEARCH AUTHORITY.

 

Whereas, the 1973 General Assembly created the North Carolina Alcoholism Research Authority and an Alcoholism Research Fund for the purpose of investigating the cause and promoting the prevention of alcoholism; and

Whereas, alcoholism constitutes a major public health problem affecting, directly or indirectly, approximately 500,000 citizens of this State; and

Whereas, the 16 units of The University of North Carolina, and the other nationally recognized private educational institutions and schools of medicine in North Carolina comprise the greatest potential talent pool of qualified scientists in any state with which to solve these health problems through scientific research; and

Whereas, the Alcoholism Research Fund is authorized to receive funds from State, federal, and private sources; and

Whereas, State funds are needed to enable the Alcoholism Research Authority to initiate necessary scientific research, training, and investigative programs on a long range basis; Now, therefore,

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

 

Section 1.  There is hereby appropriated from the General Fund of the State to the Department of Administration for the Alcoholism Research Fund the sum of two hundred fifty thousand dollars ($250,000) for the purpose of commencing the total program necessary to eliminate alcoholism as a public health problem.

Sec. 2.  All expenditures from the fund appropriated by this act shall be made in accordance with the provisions of the Executive Budget Act.

Sec. 3.  This act shall become effective on July 1, 1974.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 13th day of April, 1974.